Rep Smithee just confirmed both he and remaining speaker candidate state Rep Dan Gattis, R-Georgetown, will withdraw their bids.

"Ive decided with the consent and pretty much the consensus of the Republicans with me to drop the challenge," said Smithee, outside his office after meeting with his remaining supporters. "To my knowledge there are no more challenges to Representative Straus."

What changed from last night?
"The numbers became obvious. We had to get some of our people back, and we went the other way. I know enough to know when I signed on that we were already down to 75 votes or less. I knew the odds were very long, so it was either surrender yesterday or try something. I've tried to do it in a respectful and courteous and professional way, and I hope that I've done that," Smithee said.

I'm uploading video but it's still processing, argh. Stay tuned.

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